Midwest states predict healthy treasuries as Iowa warns balance
Six Great Lakes states forecast healthy budget balances buoyed by sales and income tax increases while Iowa expects a zero year end balance. Other items include student writers in Cedar Rapids, a drunken driving checkpoint, and a high profile legal dispute over safety standards at Iowa Electric Light and Power.
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Midwest
Great Lakes
Iowa
U.s.world
Cedar Rapids
Metro-Iowa
No refunds to rural hospitals under Medicare deal
A Medicare reimbursement compromise preserves current rates and denies retroactive refunds to rural hospitals. It offers modest gains for rural facilities, with data-driven formula changes to aid future appeals. Lawmakers from Iowa and Nebraska criticize the cap while pursuing further increases for distant rural hospitals.
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Ington
Washington
Midwest
Iowa
Congress
Department of Health and
Health and Human Services
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House
Senate
Linn County official faces threats over dangerous animal rules
Linn County Health Board chair Rita Huber reported an anonymous caller threatened her on June 5 over proposed restrictions on dangerous pets. The caller claimed ties to the Exotic Bird and Animal Society and warned she might find a dangerous snake. The incident was reported June 12.
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Rita Huber
Linn County Board of Health
the Gazette
Huber
Exotic Bird and Animal Society
The
Gazette
Lisbon
Keith Erickson
Health Department
Linn
Arlene Blazek
Mount Vernon
Erickson
Board of Health
Blazek
Clarification issued over HyVee bread tax in Iowa
The Gazette notes a possible misunderstanding that commercially baked bread under HyVee could be taxed under a new Iowa law. HyVee manager Jack Compton says the tax applies only to bread baked in in store bakeries. The paper will print corrections if reports are wrong. Call 398 8313.
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Carl Castelda
Iowa
Seifert's eyeing La Vogue stores to expand southward
Cedar Rapids based Seifert's negotiating to buy part of the La Vogue chain headquartered in Richmond. If closed by Sept 15 the deal would add about 10 stores to Seifert's portfolio, with co management and merchandise supply planned while the rest of La Vogue assets go to another buyer. The purchase would lift Seifert's total to 151 stores, all under its brands.
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Sazene
Seifert’s
Cedar Rapids
Virginia
Carolinas
C. Dudley Brown
la Vogue
Richmond
Brown
Seifert
Grafton Group
Toronto
Canada
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John Lloyd
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Jim Kelly
Houston Gamblers
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Des Moines
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A-lowa
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Tokunoshima
Izumi
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Ratcliff’s
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